Improvement in combined pocket-books and belts



M. SIMON. COMBINED POCKET-BOOK AND-BELT.

Patented. mmn'za, 187s;

llrrrrrm STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MEYER SIMON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y. A

IMPROVEMENT IN COMBlNED SOCKET-BOOKS AND BELTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 175,514, dated March28, 1876 application filed February 16, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, MEYER SIMON, of the city, county, and State of NewYork, have in-' vented a new and useful Improvement in OombinedPocket-Booksand Belts; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being bad tothe accompanying drawing, which forms part of this specification.

This invention relates to a belt designed to be worn around the body orperson, and which has a pocket-book, portemonnaie, or wallet combinedwith it.

The invention consists in a belt designed to be worn about or around theperson outside of the clothes, and composed, in part, of a pocketbook orwallet, which is made to form a longitudinal section of the belt itselfor connecting-link between or within the main portion or body of thebelt, thus proportionally reducing the length of such portion. Saidinterposed pocketbook or wallet I propose to give adouble use, too, bymaking it also the one part of a buckle or fastening, by which the endsof the belt are united, thus combining a belt, pocket-book orporte-monnaie, and buckle or belt-fastening, all in one. Such combinedpocket-book and belt will be found very convenient for ladies andothers, as the pocket-book, while readily accessible to the wearer fromthe outside of the person, and with the one hand, is attached to theperson, and less liable to be lost or stolen than when carried looselyin the pocket or when held in the hand.

Figure 1 represents a front view of a portion of the main body of thebelt, with combined porte-Inonnaie and buckle attached. Fig. 2 is anedge view of the same, with the portemonnaie in section.

A is the main portion or body of the belt, which may be made of leatheror any other suitable material. B is the porte-monnaie, which, so far asits pockets and clasps are concerned, may be of an ordinary or any otherdesired construction, and may be made to open and shut in various ways.This porte-monnaie or wallet is an interposed longitudinal section ofthe belt, thus proportionally reducing or economizing the remainderof-the belt. It may either be permanently or detachably connected withone or both ends of the portion A, which it serves to unite, but, inorder to dispense with a separate buckle attachment, I make thepocket-book itself the one part of the buckle or belt-fastening, as, forinstance, by providing it withattached eye-plates b b at its back onopposite ends, and providing the adjacent ends of the portion A of thebelt with hook-plates dd, one of which may be permanently attached tothe eye-plate b with which it engages, while the other hook-plate may befitted to detachably connect with or nnhook from the other eye-plate. Ifdesired, the hookplates might be fast to the pocket-book, and theeye-plates attached to the ends of the portion A of the bel t, or othermodes of fastening, utilizing the pocket-book for the purpose, may beadopted.

I claim- I 1. A combined pocket-book and belt, in which the pocket-bookis made to form an interposed longitudinal section of the belt itself,substantially as specified.

2. A combined pocket-book and belt, in which the pocket-book has a partof the buckle or fastening attached to it, by which the ends of the beltare united to the pocketbook, essentially as described.

MEYER SIMON. Witnesses:

BENJAMIN W. HOFFMAN, -FRED HAYNES.

